How Open Cell Networks Work in Asia, Europe

HOW OPEN CELL NETWORKS WORK IN ASIA, EUROPE
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Jane Spencer jane.spencer@wsj.com, Loretta Chao and Cassell Bryan-Low]
Verizon Wireless's move to open up its network to a wider selection of cellphones could help transform the way the business works for consumers and companies. For a clue to how the future might work, take a look at the cellphone business around the world. In Europe, where consumers can purchase phones anywhere, most people opt to buy discounted phones as part of calling plans, just as Americans do now. But in much of Asia, there are no discounts. Instead, mass cellphone production has led to very low prices and heavy usage.
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